NightEnD defeats AcRo 5:0 to win the final ESET UK HOTS Showmatch

22:49 CET - Some of the games were close in this series but the final game was far from it. NightEnD came out of the gates with one thing on his mind: Win this game. He opened up with an aggressive blink stalker build, which AcRo managed to scout. However the Stargate tech path of AcRo wasn't going to be enough to deal with the incoming attack of NightEnD. Although he managed to get a robo down and attempt to crank out some Immortals before the first was even finished NightEnD was rattling on the door and looking for a way to attack. AcRo stayed calm and defended his base using the Mothership core upgrade on the Nexus to prevent NightEnD from pushing any further into his base. NightEnD poked in and out and managed to pick off a couple of units here and there but the real game winner was when he sniped the Robo. Once the Robo was dead, AcRo was a sitting duck and NightEnD's army was only getting stronger. Silviu made the final blink on top of the army of AcRo to end the game and the series with a clean sweep, 5:0.

22:40 CET - NightEnD comes up huge in game 4. He went for a less aggressive 3 gateway expand into Robo. AcRo tried to abuse the map going for the blink stalkers into the main base and tried to do as much damage as possible to NightEnD. However the window for doing any damage was pretty slim. Once NightEnD got his Immortals out it was game over for AcRo and he was forced to GG out of the game once again. The score is currently 4:0 and we move onto Star Station for the match point for NightEnD.

22:23 CET - We'll be playing the fourth map on Cloud Kingdom LE. A very strong map for NightEnD and he feels extremely comfy on this map as he has a number of options open to him for the mid game.

22:21 CET - Game three was on Akilon Wastes, another large map which tends to bring out the macro in both Protoss players, NightEnD once again comes out on top with superior micro and build order. Although the series is 3:0 to NightEnD the Protoss vs Protoss match up is still extremely volatile. Anything could happen in these next few maps, it's crucial NightEnD keeps up his form and doesn't let go of any momentum he has right now. 22:00 CET - NightEnD is off to a flying start in the Protoss vs Protoss series. NightEnD took game 1 convincingly on Daybreak to get off to a 1:0 start in the series. He followed that up with another solid game on Whirlwind to take it to 2:0. AcRo is still in with a fighting chance but he has to pick up some maps in the coming two games or he'll be too far gone to come back. NightEnD looks to be in control of the pace of the series so far.

13:20 CET - At 21:30 CET NightEnD will play one of his first offical HotS PvP games. The stream will be provided for you in this thread when the event begins! You can tweet messages of support to @NightEnDD ahead of his match tonight.

ESET UK HotS Showdown

NightEnD

1

Versus

(Daybreak)

AcRo

0

NightEnD

1

Versus

(Whirlwind)

AcRo

0

NightEnD

1

Versus

(Akilon Wastes)

AcRo

0

NightEnD

1

Versus

(Cloud Kingdom)

AcRo

0

NightEnD

1

Versus

(Star Station)

AcRo

0

Silviu "NightEnD" Lazar:I will try to play my best tonight, so this should be a fun match to watch. I am really looking forward to perfrom good in HotS. With the updates, my motivation is higher than ever.

Overview

During the first month of 2013, NightEnD qualified for the ESET UK Lan Finals. These are coming up soon, but ESET decided to host a series of showdown Matches in advance to warm up the fans and players.

Tonight these Matches will be played in Heart of the Swarm. Before the actual clash of our titan, there will be a challenger match between the zerg Sabre and the Terran Simba. But at 21:30 CET it is the time for NightEnD to face AcRo in a best-of-nine match for 170 Punds.

Format

The pregames to the LAN Finals will be played in the best-of-nine Format.